Delacroix's Influence: The Rise of Modern Art from 颁茅锄补苍苍别 to van Gogh
He was the engine of revolution that helped transform French painting of the 19th century. And the younger generation, from Degas to van Gogh, scrambled to keep pace. At his death in 1863, Eug猫ne Delacroix was the most revered artist in Paris. This ground-breaking exhibition will investigate how this last painter of the Grand Style was also one of Europe鈥檚 first modern masters.
In addition to works by Delacroix, the exhibition will spotlight paintings by 颁茅锄补苍苍别, van Gogh, Gauguin, Renoir, and others, many of them on loan from international museums. Themes explored include Orientalism; color theory; religious and history painting at a crossroads; beasts, flowers, and aestheticism; and the artist鈥檚 own unpublished 鈥淒ictionary of Art.鈥�
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He was the engine of revolution that helped transform French painting of the 19th century. And the younger generation, from Degas to van Gogh, scrambled to keep pace. At his death in 1863, Eug猫ne Delacroix was the most revered artist in Paris. This ground-breaking exhibition will investigate how this last painter of the Grand Style was also one of Europe鈥檚 first modern masters.
In addition to works by Delacroix, the exhibition will spotlight paintings by 颁茅锄补苍苍别, van Gogh, Gauguin, Renoir, and others, many of them on loan from international museums. Themes explored include Orientalism; color theory; religious and history painting at a crossroads; beasts, flowers, and aestheticism; and the artist鈥檚 own unpublished 鈥淒ictionary of Art.鈥�
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